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The Effect of Swirl on Boundary Layer- Flashback Processes for Hydrogen-Rich Gas-Turbine Combustion James Bailey Edward Richardson We acknowledge financial support from the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Next Generation Computational Modelling grant EP/L015382/1. 12/09/2019

The Effect of Swirl on Boundary Layer - Flashback …Flashback in Planar Channels Gruber et al., Journal Fluid Mechanics, 2012, 709, 516-542 Flashback in Swirling Flows Ebi and Clemens,

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Page 1: The Effect of Swirl on Boundary Layer - Flashback …Flashback in Planar Channels Gruber et al., Journal Fluid Mechanics, 2012, 709, 516-542 Flashback in Swirling Flows Ebi and Clemens,

TheEffectofSwirlonBoundaryLayer-FlashbackProcessesforHydrogen-Rich

Gas-TurbineCombustion

JamesBaileyEdwardRichardson

Weacknowledgefinancialsupport fromtheEPSRCCentreforDoctoralTraininginNextGenerationComputationalModellinggrantEP/L015382/1.

12/09/2019

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Background

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ieuan_Owen/publication/282796815/figure/fig14/AS:668870398464013@1536482538619/A-Siemens-industrial-gas-turbine-engine-showing-the-components-of-a-generic-DLE.png

• Industrialgasturbines• Fuel-flexibleburnerandalternativefuels

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Flashback

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FlashbackinPlanarChannels

Gruberetal.,JournalFluidMechanics,2012,709,516-542

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FlashbackinSwirlingFlows

Ebi andClemens,CombustionandFlame,2016,168, 39-52

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FlashbackinSwirlingFlows

Ebi andClemens,CombustionandFlame,2016,168, 39-52

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Methodology

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Methodology

Floworientation

Radialpressuregradient

𝐹𝑟 = ∞ 𝐹𝑟 = 0.25

Normal

Oblique

𝑓

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Methodology

• Physicalaspectsofswirl:• Floworientation

Flamefront

𝜃 = 45°Oblique flow

𝜃 = 90°Normalflow

Flowdirection

Δ𝑥01

Δ𝑥01

2Δ𝑥01

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Methodology

• Physicalaspectsofswirl:• Radialpressuregradient

𝑓

3435= 𝜌 78

9

5= 𝑔

𝑟𝐹𝑟 = 𝑆<𝑔=𝛿?

𝑔= = 𝑔𝜌@ − 𝜌B𝜌@

𝑟

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Methodology• Reacting,turbulentchannelflow• DirectNumericalSimulation• Fullycompressibleflow• Detailedchemistry• Time-evolvingturbulence• Combustioncode:S3D

𝑅𝑒E = 180

ℎ = 5.76𝑚𝑚

𝑈B@?M = 43𝑚/𝑠

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Methodology

𝑆Q𝑆<= 𝑓𝐼S

𝐴Q𝐴?

Turbulentflamespeed

Laminarflamespeed

Flowfactor

Intensificationfactor

Turbulentflamearea

Laminarflamearea

𝑆Q𝑆<

𝑓

𝐼S

𝐴Q

𝐴?

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Methodology

𝑆Q𝑆<= 𝑓𝐼S

𝐴Q𝐴?

Turbulentflamespeed

Laminarflamespeed

Flowfactor

Intensificationfactor

Turbulentflamearea

Laminarflamearea

𝑆Q𝑆<

𝑓

𝐼S

𝐴Q

𝐴?

Edgeflame

𝑈U𝑆<S~

𝜌@𝜌B

W/X

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Results– ObliqueFlow

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FlameShape

NormalFlow ObliqueFlow

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FlashbackSpeed

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𝑓 𝐼S 𝐴Q /𝐴< 𝑆Q /𝑆<Normal - - - -

Oblique ↓Bodyforce

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FlameSurfaceDensity

𝑦1 = 5

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𝑦1 = 5

𝑓 𝐼S 𝐴Q /𝐴< 𝑆Q /𝑆<Normal - - - -

Oblique ↓ ↓Bodyforce

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Stretch𝑦1 = 5

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DisplacementSpeed

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𝑓 𝐼S 𝐴Q /𝐴< 𝑆Q /𝑆<Normal - - - -

Oblique ↑ ↓ ↓Bodyforce

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Flowfactor

𝑓 𝐼S 𝐴Q /𝐴< 𝑆Q /𝑆<Normal - - - -

Oblique ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓Bodyforce

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Results– BodyForce

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FlameShape

Nobodyforce Bodyforce𝐹𝑟 = ∞ 𝐹𝑟 = 0.25

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FlashbackSpeed

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𝑓 𝐼S 𝐴Q /𝐴< 𝑆Q /𝑆<Normal - - - -

Oblique ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓Bodyforce ↑

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FlameSurfaceDensity

𝑦1 = 5

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𝑦1 = 5

𝑓 𝐼S 𝐴Q /𝐴< 𝑆Q /𝑆<Normal - - - -

Oblique ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓Bodyforce ↓ ↑

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Stretch 𝑦1 = 5

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DisplacementSpeed

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𝑓 𝐼S 𝐴Q /𝐴< 𝑆Q /𝑆<Normal - - - -

Oblique ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓Bodyforce ↔ ↓ ↑

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FlowFactor

𝑓 𝐼S 𝐴Q /𝐴< 𝑆Q /𝑆<Normal - - - -

Oblique ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓Bodyforce ↑ ↔ ↓ ↑

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Buoyancy

𝑢U = 0.7 𝑔(𝜌@ − 𝜌B)

𝜌`ℎU

𝑔 = 𝜌𝑉bX

𝑟

𝑢U ℎU

Averagedensity𝜌`

𝑈B@?M − 𝑢U ≈ 42𝑚/𝑠

𝑈B@?M − 𝑉U ≈ 55𝑚/𝑠

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Conclusions

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Conclusions

• Darrieus-Landauhydrodynamicinstabilitydominateseffectsofstreaks• Flowdiversionandbuoyancyhavesignificanteffectsonflamepropagation

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FutureWork

• Simulationofannulususingaxi-symmetricco-ordinates

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Thankyou

Weacknowledgefinancialsupport fromtheEPSRCCentreforDoctoralTraininginNextGenerationComputationalModellinggrantEP/L015382/1.

12/09/2019

JamesBailey– [email protected]